Common Archetypal Situations or Plot Forms
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Teaching Archetypes in Literature
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Archetype examples are found in the world around us every day: in our speech, our beliefs, media, sports, video games, psychology, art, and even our dreams. Archetypes are universal; that is, they occur across all cultures, religions, and parts of history.
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Storyboard Description
Common Archetypal Situations or Plot Forms - Archetype Examples
Storyboard Text
- RAGS-TO-RICHES
- A BATTLE OF GOOD VS. EVIL
- A QUEST OR JOURNEY
- Help!!!
- A character overcomes financial hardship to become wealthy or stable
- Joseph Jennings, CEO
- The ultimate showdown between opposing forces
- Undertaken to retrieve something, find spiritual fulfillment, save a loved one, overcome fear, etc.
- LOSS OF INNOCENCE
- Archetypal Plot Forms or Situations
- THE FALL
- A new understanding of the world gained at an enormous price: the loss of health, a loved one, safety, well-being, sanity, happiness, etc.
- A character's destruction, either physically, emotionally, or spiritually, usually as a punishment for a sin or other transgression
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